River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-02-17
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURES

FEBRU AIRY V-Ihe railroad bill introduced
by Mr., Conkling to-day in the Senate is APP
parently intended 10 carry into effect the
Interpretation given by some to the sec
ton of the interstate commerce bill relating
to discrimination, which is that il does not
hold with regard to traffic between different
parts of the same state. IL provides that
common carriers in the state shall NOT in
any way collect or receive from any party
greater or less sums for services rendered
than from any other party for like services
1t permits, however, the granting of special
rates for charitable and philanthropic pur-
poses, <snd compels companies 10 furnish
free transportation TO the various state
officers.
FEBRUARY 9-ln the House bills were
introduced to make the common school fund
tax u mill instead of IL mills; making
prejudice OF the judge the only ground for
csange OF venue permitting communities
10 vote hquer prohibition; taxing short line
telegraph companies annually 81 per mile
OF wire. instead OF l per cent of the gross
earnings and prohibiting the leasing of con
Wet labor,
Bills were passed granting the Tomahawk
Land and Boom Company leave to build
dam across the Wisconsin river in Lincoln
county, and prohibiting the Wisconsin Xiv
er Improvement Company from charging
higher tolls than 81 cents per 900 feet for
running logs through their improvements.
The two last are the famous IOmahaWk
compromise bills. Both houses agreed TO
shut off the introduction of new business
Feb. u.
FEBRUARY l0-The Senate passed bills to
day appropriating $4,000, annually, for the
next two years TO the fish commission, and
$4,000 Annually TO the State Horticultural
society.
In the House another railroad bill was in
troduced but does not differ very materially
from the Senate interstate commerce bill
so called. A bill was introduced for the
payment of the road tax in cash; to appro
PIRATE $1,000 for the purchase of the Mil
waukee state Fair Grounds; bills were
passed Tor the indemnity of persons elected
from land by reason of defective title when
such title is received from the state consti-
tuting the taking of dogs and pet animals
larceny.
FEBRUARY ll-Bills were introduced in
the Senate appropriating to the state board
of supervisors, for use during the next two
years, for the state hospital for the insane
s2l5,O0O; for the Northern hospital of the in
sane, Sl3l ,UUO; for the school of deaf mutes
! $4,000; for the school for the blind S45
| 0O; for the industrial school for boys
S1oOOo, for the state prison, $4,000; amend
Il
National union TO the Minnesota Scan
| dmavian Relief association; allowing f. d.
| Brown and others to maintain a dam
/ across the Wisconsin river in Lincoln
| county; appropriating Sti5,OOO for the CON
| struction of buildings for an INDECENT
school at Sparta; by Ginty, annexing Ger
tain territory to the city of Chippewa
Falls.
| In the House bills were introduced making
1 liah
employees through the negligence of the
companies employees Reynolds introduced
| one relieving trains from stopping before
| crossings when such crossings are supplied
with safety applianc S; making the killing
| OF birds for millinery purposes "a lnisde-
| meanor, Furnishing persons for conveying
encountered land without giving notice of
| the encumbrance. Furnishing a father for
| the abandonment of his children, and hus
hand for the abandonment of his wife by
! Imprisonment in the county jail on bread
| and water: prohibiting discrimination and
limiting the charges of the telephone com
panies; Furnishing father and husband for
| the abandonment of his children and wife
by imprisonment from thirty days to one
year, or fine of $500; placing live stock in
surance companies i'm the same class as life
and accident corporations; requiring asses
sOrs IN making assessments for personal
| property 10 make list of all legal voters.
Bills passed Prohibiting minors playing
pool in saloons; abolishing the state board
of immigration
FEBRUARY 14-In the Senate to-day. a
bill was introduced prohibiting the EN-
ploymsnt of children under IA years of age
in WORKSHOPS or factories. The TOmahawk
dam bills passed.
In the House the following bills were in
troduced; requiring five physicians to pass
1 nm tba nil Of hain
committed to the insane asylum by public
| officers; requiring cheese manufacturers to
| correctly label their products according TO
I the quality of the milk used; permitting
action to be brought against houses OF ill
| fame on information and belief. comps !
ling the board of university regents to
| furnish free instructors in art and agricul-
| ture to any county which guarantees p
| pupils, instruction to be given in the build
ing furnished by the county; and author
ling railway companies TO appoint police
| officers.
Bills were killed making prejudice Of the
| judge the only tenable ground for change
of venue imposing maximum lmprison-
! ment of ten years on persons selling promls-
sorry notes by false representations; max
ing five years standing sufficient ground for
| divorce, and making the verdict of nine
members OF jury valid,
FRRRuAHY l5-m the Senate a resolution
was offered asking all states and territories
to appoint delegates to a convention TO con
slider the convict labor problem. A bill
was introduced for the distribution of
5000 worth of seeds among premium
takers at county fairs and for the repeal OF
the law establishing farmers institutes.
In the House, among number of bills
introduced were the following: to apply the
English method of holding elections: from
Milwaukee for the appointment of state
mine inspector, whose chief duty il shall be
| to enforce extraordinary precautions to be
| taken for the safety of laborers, and to pre-
vent boys under II years of age from work
| ing in mines; prohibiting mill owners from
| casting sawdust in streams; permitting the
| Justices of the Wisconsin supreme court to
retire on half pay after reaching 20 years
of age, if they have served on the bench 10
years consecutively; enabling Milwaukee
to raise money to establish free baths and
appropriating $500 with which Wisconsin
shall make a school exhibit at the national
educational convention in Chicago next
| summer
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